Eric wrote: > At 10:39 AM 6/25/2007, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: > > <JvM>>>>>What does Jack and Joe users being created at install time have > to do with whether Jack may need to be able to send mail using > his-favorite-program and thus needing a /var/spool/mail box but not > receiving any mail in it because all his incoming mail is being > forwarded to Joe?<<<<< > > The OP (Original Poster) asked the question about all these unneeded > zero-length mailboxes being created at install time in /var/spool/mail > for "users" like backuppc and jabber and privoxy. > > You said "What about Jack who needs a mailbox so he can send mail even > though all his mail is being aliased to Joe?" and the answer is that > Jack and Joe aren't created at install time, they are created later > using adduser which creates the needed mailboxes even if Jack's mail is > being forwarded to Joe. > Note: I did say more prior to this. Go read the entire thread. > Thus, the install process could inspect the default aliases file and not > create mailboxes for "users" who are aliased to something else, without > any effect on Jack or Joe whose accounts are created with adduser, not > the installer. > > That's all I meant. Didn't mean to try to be "funny". > It's a shame though the install process doesn't have a modified aliases file to compare anything against, and thus will not find 'backuppc', 'jabber' and/or 'privoxy', nor should it have anything other then 'adduser' to create accounts with, or it contains duplicate code. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip
